Wine bottles, once they’re empty, don’t have much value. They can still be recycled or repurposed but usually they are used as recipients. It’s why other uses become so much interesting. For example, this wine bottle chandelier is quite ingenious. It has a unique charm that can’t really be achieved with anything else.

The chandelier can be purchased at the price of 383.25 euros and it features authentic green—glass wine bottles. The bottles have been cleverly repurposed and in this context they even have an artistic impact on the design. The chandelier’s overall dimensions are 18″ diameter, 33″ high and it comes with a 6’ chain. The structure is made of iron and it’s decorated with repurposed wine bottle with cork stoppers. Since each bottle is unique in its own way, this means that each chandelier is a one-of-a-kind as well.

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Foscarini is world-wide known for its revolutionary items that combine functionality with looks. A thing that was designed a few years ago but only know available for the general public is the Yet wall lamp. This contemporary lighting fixture was conceived to fulfill numerous tasks; once mounted on the wall this thing can be used as an unconventional bookshelf that also is a nice decorative touch for your room and it makes you see on the dark; like I was telling you about: looks and functionality.

There are a few interesting features to this marvelous wall sconce. One of them is the possibility of installing multiple devices that are interconnected to create a wide pallet of shapes and patterns. Made out of polycarbonate these pieces are tough, resistant and slightly transparent so the fluorescent bulb behind it can make it glow. There is also the choice of color: white, orange, grey or yellow.

You know what’s best for your moody environment and how many and what color the individual pieces that compose your final wall montage should be. The size of each piece is about 24”W x 10.6”D x 13.75”H. Now you can have better image of how the entire concept works. Let’s not forget versatility from this successful equation. I can see the Yet wall lamp mounted in a bedroom 2-feet above the headboard, or in a nice waiting room, an office lounge and so on.available for 583$.

Lamps are no longer simple lighting devices. Since people could slowly eliminate their immediate need for functionality things started to get better looking. Our home is very private and it should reflect entirely our taste and our personality. Given this fact people tend to surround themselves in items that mean something for those who live there. Most things are good looking, some are pleasant to the touch and associating them with our interior make us feel better because our senses are spoiled in a way or another.

It is a very well known fact that one item can be very appreciated by someone and not so much by another person, because each individual has its own set of “instructions” in appreciating things. This lamp for instance means a lot for the creator Marine Breynaert because it was inspired by her grandfather’s factory and all the heavy machinery. As you can see the lower part of this lamp is not very subtle or fragile, by the contrary it recreates the robustness of the early century mechanics.

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This is the A 331 lamp but it’s more commonly known as the Beehive lamp because of its shape and design. The lamp was designed by Alvar Alto for the university of Jyväskylä in Finland. Even though it looks quite modern, the pendant lamp was actually designed in 1954. It has one of those timeless looks that never grow old and that will always be chic and stylish.

The A 331 or Beehive lamp was designed with several layers of painted matte white steel and with brass accents in between them. The layers form a sort of oval shape, very similar to the exterior structure of a beehive. The lamp produces diffuse and soft light that is also visible through the brass. The visual effect is very beautiful and chic. This lamp also inspired many other designs that also use brass in their composition.

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All I know about this lamp is that is called Andromeda Tactical Lighting. To be honest this looks more like a mini missile launcher than a lamp but hey who I am to judge. It is made from aluminum, but not any kind of aluminum, this is made from black anodized aluminum. The whole item is fitted with special rail systems that not only allow you to independently move the legs but the shades too.

The legs look a little bit like the ones on the Lunar Module and very similar with some of the legs the Transformers have. Let’s make something clear from the start this is not a lighting device. It is closer to a decorative star-wars item than to a lamp. Those shades look like satellite antennas for military telecommunications attached to a special device that shoots high speed bullets and lasers shooting towards the sky.  First this is too complicated. Second- it doesn’t really fit into a nice cozy home.

Third- is unnecessary and fourth- this is not a lamp. I went to a rock concert recently and they had a metal support just like this one on which a large speaker was mounted. Do you want to hear about the price? Well, the retail price for this monster is around $ 500+. I would pay that amount of money if this thing will suddenly change its name in “ TV-Satelite Antena” and when I hook it to my TV I get all the all TV stations in the world.

The list of materials that can be combined in order to create an original accessory such as a pendant lamp is unlimited. A nice example is the Coretube pendant that is made from glass and concrete. Glass is a top choice for this type of accessories. However, concrete is not. We could say that the combination is well-balanced.

Considering the design of the pendant, Coretube is not that unusual. It was designed for Betolux and it’s a part of the Translucent Collection. The combination of glass and concrete make this a very high-quality accessory. The pendant lamp features a cylindrical design and it’s suspended by a red textile cord. The sensational lighting effect is the consequence of the ingenious choice of material and, of course, the way they were combined.

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